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SoftBank demos automated network slicing between 5G and MEC

September 14, 2022

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Japanese carrier SoftBank says that it has successfully completed automated 5G network slicing over 5G mobile networks and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) applications.

“To make an end-to-end (E2E) network slice from a 5G mobile user to a MEC application, Segment Routing IPv6 Mobile User Plane (SRv6 MUP), pioneered by SoftBank, and SRv6 Flex-Algo were used for robustness and flexibility,” the carrier said in a release.

SoftBank also said it verified SRv6 MUP interoperability with 5G equipment at its laboratory. The telco noted that the next phase of the trial is to prepare SRv6 MUP technology for commercial deployment.

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